Pretty Rhythm

Pretty Rhythm
Cover of the first manga volume
プリティーリズム (Puritī Rizumu)
Genre	Comedy, Drama, Romance
Game
Pretty Rhythm: Mini Skirt (Season 1 – 3) Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (Season 4) Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Developer	syn Sophia
Publisher	Takara Tomy
Genre	Dancing, Fashion
Platform	Arcade
Manga
Written by	Mari Asabuki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ribon
Original run	July 2010 – 2012
Volumes	3
Manga
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream
Written by	Rio Fujimi
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ciao
Original run	April 2011 – March 2012
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Seikou Nagaoka
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	April 2, 2011 – March 31, 2012
Episodes	51
Anime television series
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Seikou Nagaoka
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	April 7, 2012 – March 30, 2013
Episodes	51
Anime television series
Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Seikou Nagaoka
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 6, 2013 – March 29, 2014
Episodes	51
Anime film
Pretty Rhythm All-Star Selection: Prism Show☆Best Ten
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Released	March 8, 2014
Anime television series
Pretty Rhythm: All-Star Selection
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 5, 2014 – June 14, 2014
Episodes	11
Anime film
King of Prism by PrettyRhythm
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Written by	Jou Aoba
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Released	January 9, 2016
Anime film
King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO
Directed by	Masakazu Hishida
Written by	Jou Aoba
Music by	Rei Ishizuka
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Released	June 10, 2017

Pretty Rhythm (プリティーリズム, Puritī Rizumu) is a Japanese Taito Type X2 arcade game by Takara Tomy. It has been adapted into a manga series by Mari Asabuki. An anime adaptation by Tatsunoko Production, titled Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (プリティーリズム・オーロラドリーム, Puritī Rizumu: Ōrora Dorīmu), aired in Japan between April 2011 and March 2012.^[1] This was followed by a sequel, Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future (プリティーリズム・ディアマイフューチャー, Puritī Rizumu: Dia Mai Fyūchā), which aired between April 2012 and March 2013.^[2] A third series, Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live (プリティーリズム・レインボーライブ, Puritī Rizumu: Reinbō Raibu), aired from April 6, 2013 to March 29, 2014.^[3] A film was released on March 8, 2014.^[4][5] A fourth anime television series, Pretty Rhythm: All-Star Selection (プリティーリズム・オールスターセレクション, Puritī Rizumu: Ōrusutā Serekushon) aired from April 5, 2014 to June 14, 2014.^[6] The first season is licensed by Animax Asia in Southeast Asia. The series was succeeded by PriPara in 2014.

Story

The franchise takes place in a world where Prism Shows, performances that are a combination of singing, dancing, fashion, and ice skating, are popular. The skaters, known as Prism Stars, use Prism Stones to coordinate their dresses and perform Prism Jumps to appeal to their fans.

Aurora Dream

Aurora Dream revolves around a klutzy girl named Aira Harune who, along with another girl named Rizumu Amamiya, is scouted to become a Prism Star. At the beginning, Aira starts to get cold feet as she has no idea of what a Prism Show is, and Rizumu is centered on her dream of performing the mysterious "Aurora Rising", a legendary Prism Jump which her mother once performed. While forming a friendship, Aira and Rizumu are joined by a veteran Prism Star, Mion Takamine, a stubborn idol who is one year older than the two. As their friendship grows, the three girls form a group called as "MARs" and work towards performing the "Aurora Rising".

The girls face rivalry with the comedy and Prism Idol duet, "Serenon". They later encounter a younger girl named Chris Kaname who is able to copy others' prism jumps, including the "Aurora Rising". Later, MARs will find out that there's more to the Aurora Rising than what meets the eye, and that mastering it is not anyone's cup of tea. It is also revealed that Rizumu's mother is Sonata Kanzaki, a legendary idol who performed the Aurora Rising but disappeared soon after, where she now has a strained relationship with her daughter.

Dear My Future

Dear My Future takes place three years after the events of "Aurora Dream", where all the members of MARs have become Prism Queens. The series follows a new idol, Mia Ageha, who aspires to become a greater idol than Aira. Forming her own group, "Prizmmy☆", alongside her friends Reina Miyama, Karin Shijimi and Ayami Ooruri, she works hard fervently to reach her goal and fulfill her dream. In addition, Mia encounters her Korean childhood friend, Hye In, who has formed her own idol group with four other girls named as Shi Yoon, Jae Eun, Chae Kyoung and So Min, with the group named "PURETTY".

Mia and Hye In share only one dream - to become the no.1 Prism star in the world. However, they will soon find out that becoming no.1 in the world is no easy task because a mysterious man who wanted to put an end to Prism Shows now possesses something that will obliterate the history of Prism Shows off of the face of the Earth. It's up to Prizmmy and PURETTY to save the Prism Show from total annihilation.

Rainbow Live

Rainbow Live story sets in a different background from the two previous series.

Naru Ayase is an 8th grader who can see the colors of music when she listens to it. For Naru, who is extremely good at decorating Prism Stones, becoming the owner of a shop like "Dear Crown" has been her dream. One day, she finds out that the manager of a newly opened shop named 'Prism Stone' is recruiting middle school girls who can perform a Prism Show and immediately applies. Naru begins to do a Prism Show at the audition and an aura she's never experienced spreads out in front of her. She even executes a new technique known as 'Prism Live'. At that moment, a mysterious, amnesiac girl named Rinne asks her if she can see "Rainbow Music".

She later befriends two of her classmates: Ann Fukuhara, who is the club president of the school's PE club, and Ito 'Cross' Suzuno, a former delinquent. After their Prism Show evaluation, Ann becomes the store's cakes and sweets manager, while Ito becomes the store's make up manager at Prism Stone along with Naru as the main manager. Upon doing Prism Live their pair friends Lovelyn, Poppun and Kurrun get turned into instruments: a guitar, drumsticks and keyboard respectively.

Later, the three girls form a group called "Happy RAIN", but they are constantly irritated by Bell Renjouji, Wakana Morizono and Otoha Takanashi who are students of Edel Rose, the famous school for education in Prism Shows. Later, it is shown that these girls become good friends and the three of them also find their pair friends Seshini, Ethini and Femini. It is shown that Rinne and former Prism Queen June Amou are messengers from the Prism World who bring the Prism Sparkle to different worlds. However, Rinne stayed on Earth for too long that she began to disintegrate and lose the Prism Sparkle almost completely.

It is to be noted that the Rainbow Live story is later revealed to be happening in a different world from Aurora Dream and Dear My Future. Penguin-sensei encounters the Yamada equivalent Tanaka in an episode near the end of the season, but Tanaka is not the Yamada of the first two series.

All-Star Selection

All-Star Selection is a mini-show aired after Pretty Rhythm's three anime, featuring a young girl named Laala Manaka who desired to become a Prism Star and learns some lessons from the three previous Pretty Rhythm protagonists: Aira, Mia and Naru to further prepare for Laala's debut. This aired for 11 episodes and recounts events from the three anime such as Aurora Dream, Dear My Future and Rainbow Live.

PriPara

PriPara is the successor to the Pretty Rhythm franchise, which changed the franchise logo due to the discontinuation of Pretty Rhythm arcade game. Like Rainbow Live, it's yet set in a different story background with new characters, however, the relationships of Pripara and other series are briefly mentioned in the film "PriPara the Movie: Everyone, Assemble! Prism ☆ Tours".

King of Prism

King of Prism is a spinoff of Rainbow Live, which is a film series instead of TV animation series. The story introduces Shin, a boy who desires to become a Prism Star and follows steps of "Over The Rainbow".

Media

Anime

Aurora Dream

Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream, produced by Tatsunoko Production, aired on TV Tokyo between April 2, 2011 and March 31, 2012. The English dub aired on Animax Asia from January 31, 2014 to April 11, 2014.

Opening themes

1. You May Dream by LISP
2. "I Want to Fall in Love 1000%" (1000%キュンキュンさせてよ♥, 1000% Kyunkyun Sasete yo ♥) by Pretty Rhythm ☆ All Stars

Ending themes

1. Happy GO Lucky! 〜ハピ☆ラキでゴー!〜 by SUPER☆GiRLS
2. We Will Win! -KOKORO no BATON de PO·PON no PO~N☆- by Tokyo Girls' Style
3. Pretty Rhythm de Go! by MARs
4. Everybody's Gonna be Happy by Prizmmy

Insert songs

1. "Callings" (Takashi Kondō, Kenn & Nobuhiko Okamoto): "1/1000永遠の美學"
2. "MARs" (Kana Asumi, Sayuri Hara & Azusa Kataoka): Mera Mera Heart ga Atsuku Naru
3. "Harune Aira" (Kana Asumi): Dream Goes On
4. "Amamiya Rizumu" (Sayuri Hara): Kokoro Juuden!
5. "Takamine Mion" (Azusa Kataoka): Switch On My Heart
6. "MARs" (Kana Asumi, Sayuri Hara & Azusa Kataoka): Hop! Step!! Jump!!!
7. "Serenon" (Madoka Yonezawa & Satomi Akesaka) : "Never Let Me Down 〜がんばりやぁ!〜"
8. "Callings" (Takashi Kondō, Kenn & Nobuhiko Okamoto): Itoshii no Tinkerbell
9. "Chris Kaname" (Kanae Itō): Shall We Go!?
10. "Toudou Kanon" (Satomi Akesaka): Don't Give Up
11. "Jounouchi Serena" (Madoka Yonezawa): Wonderful World

Dear My Future

A sequel to Aurora Dream, Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future, aired between April 7, 2012 and March 30, 2013. The English dub for Dear My Future premiered on April 14, 2014.

Opening themes

1. Prizmmy☆: "Dear My Future ～Mirai no Jibun～" (Dear My Future ～未来の自分へ～)
2. Prizmmy☆: "BRAND NEW WORLD!!"
3. Prizmmy☆ (Rumi Ōkubo, Natsumi Takamori, Minami Tsuda & Ayane Sakura): "Life is Just a Miracle ～Being Alive is Wonderful～" (Life is Just a Miracle ～生きているって素晴らしい～)
4. Prizmmy☆: "Pump it Up!" (パンピナッ!, Panpina!)

Ending themes

1. Prizmmy☆: "my Transform"
2. PURETTY: "Cheki☆Love" (チェキ☆ラブ)
3. Prizmmy☆: "Body Rock"
4. PURETTY: "Shuwa Shuwa Baby" (シュワシュワBABY)

Insert songs

1. Mars (Kana Asumi, Sayuri Hara & Azusa Kataoka): "You May Dream (オーロラライジング Ver.)"
2. Prizmmy☆: "Party Driver"
3. Prizmmy☆: "Summer day"
4. Aira Harune (Kana Asumi): "Dream Goes On"
5. 東京女子流: "LolitA☆Strawberry in summer"
6. Dream5 : "EZ DO DANCE"
7. Pretty Rhythm ☆ All Stars: "I Want to Fall in Love 1000%" (1000%キュンキュンさせてよ♥, 1000% Kyunkyun Sasete yo ♥)
8. Callings (Takashi Kondō, Kenn & Nobuhiko Okamoto): "1/1000永遠の美學"
9. Serenon with Kaname (Madoka Yonezawa, Satomi Akesaka & Kanae Itō): "Never Let Me Down 〜がんばりやぁ!〜"
10. Kaname Amamiya (Kanae Itō): "Shall We Go?!"
11. Sprouts (Natsumi Takamori, Ayane Sakura & Madoka Yonezawa): "Mirage JET"
12. P&P (Minami Tsuda, Kanae Itō & Kaori Kane): "Thank You!!" (サンキュッ!!, Sankyu!!)
13. LOVE-MIX (Minami Takayama & Motoko Kumai): "LOVE♥MIX"
14. COSMOs (Rumi Ōkubo, Marie Miyake & Satomi Akesaka): "cheer! yeah!×2"
15. Prizmmy☆: "BRAND NEW WORLD!!"
16. Serenon with Kaname (Madoka Yonezawa, Satomi Akesaka & Kanae Itō): "Yoi Nakaso" (よいなかそ)
17. MARs (Kana Asumi, Sayuri Hara & Azusa Kataoka): "Que Sera"
18. PURETTY: "Shuwa Shuwa Baby" (シュワシュワBABY)
19. Prizmmy☆ (Rumi Ōkubo, Natsumi Takamori, Minami Tsuda & Ayane Sakura): "Life is Just a Miracle ～Being Alive is Wonderful～ (Life is Just a Miracle ～生きているって素晴らしい～)
20. MARs (Kana Asumi, Sayuri Hara & Azusa Kataoka): "You May Dream"
21. Prizmmy☆: "Dear My Future ～Mirai no Jibun～" (Dear My Future ～未来の自分へ～)

Rainbow Live

The third sequel, Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, premiered on April 6, 2013. The English dub of Rainbow Live premiered on Animax Asia on June 24, 2014.

Opening themes

1. Prizmmy☆: "BOY MEETS GIRL"
2. Prizmmy☆: "EZ DO DANCE"
3. Prizmmy☆: "CRAZY GONNA CRAZY"
4. Prizmmy☆: "Butterfly Effect"

Ending themes

1. Prism☆Box: "RainBow×RainBow"
2. i☆Ris: "§ Rainbow"
3. HAPPY RAIN (Emiri Katō, Yū Serizawa & Mikako Komatsu): "I wannabee myself!! ～I want to be myself!～" (I wannabee myself!! ～自分らしくいたい!～, I wannabee myself!! ～Jibunrashiku Itai!～)
4. Prism☆Box: "Happy StarRestaurant"

Insert songs

1. Rinne (Ayane Sakura): "gift"
2. Prizmmy☆: "BOY MEETS GIRL"
3. Naru Ayase (Emiri Katō): "Heart♥Multi♥Colored～Dream" (ハート♥イロ♥トリドリ～ム, Hato♥Iro♥Toridori～mu)
4. Ito Suzuno (Mikako Komatsu): "BT37.5"
5. Ann Fukuhara (Yū Serizawa): "Sweet time Cooking magic 〜胸ペコなんです私って〜"
6. Prism☆Box: "RainBow×RainBow"
7. Kōji Mihama (Tetsuya Kakihara), Hiro Hayami (Tomoaki Maeno) & Kazuki Nishina (Toshiki Masuda): "BOY MEETS GIRL -Prism Boys ver.-"
8. Kōji Mihama (Tetsuya Kakihara): "Reboot"
9. Otoha Takanashi (Saori Gotō): "Vanity♥colon"
10. Wakana Morizono (Maaya Uchida): "Blowin' in the Mind"
11. Bell Renjōji (Haruka Tomatsu): "Get music!"
12. Hiro Hayami (Tomoaki Maeno): "pride"
13. Prizmmy☆: "EZ DO DANCE"
14. Bell Rose (Haruka Tomatsu, Saori Gotō & Maaya Uchida): "Rosette Nebula"
15. Satomi Akesaka: "Throbbing Days" (と・き・め・きDays, To・Ki・Me・Ki Deizu)
16. HAPPY RAIN (Emiri Katō, Yū Serizawa & Mikako Komatsu): "Downpour HAPPY!" (どしゃぶりHAPPY!, Doshaburi Happī)
17. Satomi Akesaka: "FreeDreamin' "
18. Kazuki Nishina (Toshiki Masuda): "FREEDOM"
19. Juné Amou (Rumi Shishido): "nth Color"
20. Ann Fukuhara (Yū Serizawa) & Wakana Morizono (Maaya Uchida): "cherry-picking days"
21. Ito Suzuno (Mikako Komatsu) & Otoha Takanashi (Saori Gotō): "ALIVE"
22. Naru Ayase (Emiri Katō) & Bell Renjōji (Haruka Tomatsu): "Little Wing&Beautiful Pride"
23. Rinne (Ayane Sakura) & Juné Amou (Rumi Shishido): "Sevendays Love, Sevendays Friend"
24. Over The Rainbow (Tetsuya Kakihara, Tomoaki Maeno & Toshiki Masuda): "athletic core"

All Star Selection

Opening themes

1. "You May Dream" by LISP
2. Prizmmy☆: "Dear My Future ～Mirai no Jibun～" (Dear My Future ～未来の自分へ～)
3. Prizmmy☆: "BOY MEETS GIRL"
4. Prizmmy☆: "Pump it Up!" (パンピナッ!, Panpina!)
5. Prizmmy☆ (Rumi Ōkubo, Natsumi Takamori, Minami Tsuda & Ayane Sakura): "Life is Just a Miracle" (Life is Just a Miracle ～生きているって素晴らしい～)
6. Prizmmy☆: "CRAZY GONNA CRAZY"
7. Pretty Rhythm ☆ All Stars: "I Want to Fall in Love 1000%" (1000%キュンキュンさせてよ♥, 1000% Kyunkyun Sasete yo ♥)

Ending themes

1. "Happy GO Lucky! ~Happy☆Lucky de GO!~" (Happy GO Lucky! 〜ハピ☆ラキでゴー!〜) by SUPER☆GiRLS
2. "my Transform" by Prizmmy☆
3. "RainBowxRainBow" by Prism☆Box
4. "Shuwa Shuwa BABY (シュワシュワBABY;Fizz Fizz BABY)" by PURETTY
5. "We Will Win! -Kokoro no Baton de Po Pon no Po~n☆-" (We Will Win! -ココロのバトンでポ・ポンのポ〜ン☆-) by Tokyo Girls' Style
6. "Body Rock" by Prizmmy☆
7. "I wannabee myself ~Jibun Rashiku Itai~ (I wannabee myself〜自分らしくいたい〜)" by Emiri Katō & Yū Serizawa & Mikako Komatsu
8. "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" by Prizmmy☆
9. "Happy StarRestaurant" by Prism☆Box

Insert songs

1. "1/1000 Eien no Bigaku" (1/1000永遠の美学) by Callings (Takashi Kondo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kenn)
2. "Blowin' in the Mind" by Maaya Uchida (ep 6)
3. "cheer! yeah! X2" by Cosmos (Rumi Ookubo & Marie Miyake & Satomi Akesaka)
4. "Dream Goes On" by Kana Asumi
5. "gift" by Ayane Sakura
6. "Life is Just a Miracle ~Ikiteru tte Subarashii~ (Life is Just a Miracle ～生きてるって素晴らしい～; It's Wonderful to be Alive)" by Prizmmy☆ Voice Actress
7. "Never Let Me Down ~Ganbari ya!~" (〜がんばりやぁ!〜) by Madoka Yonezawa & Satomi Akesaka
8. "Reboot" by Tetsuya Kakihara
9. "Rosette Nebula" by Haruka Tomatsu & Maaya Uchida & Saori Goto
10. "Sweet time Cooking magic ~Hara Peko Nan Desu Watashi tte~ (Sweet time Cooking magic ～腹ペコなんです私って～;I'm So Hungry)" by Yū Serizawa
11. "Switch On My Heart" by Azusa Kataoka
12. "You May Dream ~Aurora Rising Ver.~" by LISP

See also

• PriPara

References

General

Specific

External links

• Official website at Takara Tomy (in Japanese)
• Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream official anime website
• Movie Official website (in Japanese)
• Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia